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...P.R.I. has never lost a presidential or gubernatorial election. That could soon change. The conservative, probusiness National Action Party has shown considerable strength in Chihuahua, the country's largest state, where elections will be held early next month. Many Mexicans suspect that the P.R.I. may lose the gubernatorial race--or win only by tampering with the results. In the present climate of unease, either outcome could prove incendiary. Small wonder that some P.R.I. officials are now reciting a gloomy slogan: ''We may win Chihuahua but still lose the country...
...about nuclear weapons: it has always been cheaper to build offensive weapons than defenses to stop them. Earlier Presidents, asserted Ruina, realized that by building defenses, they would just invite the Soviets to build more and different types of offenses, thus igniting a destabilizing new round in the arms race. Even if the presidential dream of a perfect defense against Soviet ICBMs could be erected, it would not stop the Soviets from using other offensive weapons, such as bombers and low-flying cruise missiles. Yonas acknowledged that defending against cruise missiles is ''really not part of SDI.'' To stop...
...emerging black bourgeoisie: ''To be the full equal of the white man, there are two particular things we need--education and wealth.'' For most of the Hornes, Buckley says, ''racism seemed the only bad fairy at the family party. One could imagine that if it were not for race . . . Edwin might have been President of the United States, or at least a Republican senator.'' Lena's father was the first family member to break the code: Teddy Horne divorced his wife, who later became an actress. He was also a major-league gambler with underworld connections. One of them paid...
...apply the 1972 ABM treaty, which limits development of antimissile systems, but Pentagon hawks have gone a long way toward undermining any restraints the treaty might place on SDI. Both Congress and the NATO allies are trying to pull the U.S. back from an unconstrained arms race that they fear may be provoked by any tinkering with the status quo. And in the midst of this turmoil, the Soviets have tabled proposals in Geneva to cut their offensive arsenals in return for restraints on America's defensive initiatives...
...will play in the strategic balance. Is it an umbrella against Armageddon, an expensive set of exotic gadgetry to protect missile silos or merely a Buck Rogers fantasy? Could it be the ultimate bargaining chip to exchange for deep reductions in threatening missiles or the catalyst for an arms race beyond the fears of reason? Long before the scientists begin to perfect SDI's technologies, policymakers must grapple with these questions. The answers are essential to the future of arms control, a stable nuclear balance and a secure foundation for Soviet-American relations...